这是一个黑暗的小故事，讲的是有个男人发现了一个魔法杯，得知如果他对着杯子哭泣，掉进杯里的眼泪会变成珍珠。
It was a dark little tale about a man who found a magic cup and learned that if he wept into the cup, his tears turned into pearls.
他也没有想过身后名声之类的，也不相信谁。不过，他倒是很喜欢玛格丽特·尤瑟纳尔讲的一个故事，讲有一个男人，造了一艘船，就这样开到无边无际的地方去了。
No sort of afterlife tempted him, he had no belief in one; but he very much liked a story by Marguerite Yourcenar in which a man built a boat and set out into infinity.
比如，不是有一种说法是男人比女人需要更多的热量，而且更会喝酒吗？“这是一个文化故事。”
For example, the idea that men need more calories than women, or can drink more alcohol, "These are cultural stories about gender."
在诺夫哥罗德(前苏联的一个城市名)有大量的单身女性梦想着获得一个完美的男人。那么我们来看看她们的故事吧。
There is a huge number of single ladies in Novgorod and each of them dreams of a perfect man. So, these are their stories.
但是，有相当数量的地方，包括最后一个故事：《前往迪尔迪达蓝》("Hacia Teotitlán")——关于一个前去墨西哥并死在那里的男人，都是作者对终将死亡命运的担忧的真情流露。
But a number of the pieces, including the final story, “Hacia Teotitlán, ” about a man who travels to Mexico to die, are movingly born out of the author’s anxiety about his mortality.
小孙子问了一个问题，每个被迫忍受jenniferaniston电影的男人都偷偷想问：“故事里有很多吻吗？”
The little boy asks a question about the story that most guys secretly want to ask when forced to endure any Jennifer Aniston movie: "is there a lot of kissing in it?"
不过，他倒是很喜欢玛格丽特·尤瑟纳尔讲的一个故事，讲有一个男人，造了一艘船，就这样开到无边无际的地方去了。
But he very much liked a story by Marguerite Yourcenar in which a man built a boat and set out into infinity.
比如说，有个故事里有个残酷的怪物有个狮子的外表，然后故事又拿一个看起来很高尚的男人和狮子相比较。
Take for example a story where a cruel monster is described as having the appearance of a mountain lion and where later we find a seemingly virtuous man also compared to a mountain lion.
本书中的第一个故事是《失去的喜悦》，故事中把生活和爱情拟人化，变成了孤寂的女子和细心的男人。他们第一次相见后，有了一个孩子叫喜悦。
The first story is called The Lost Joy, and it personifies Life as a lonely woman and Love as a caring man, and from their first meeting was made Joy, a child.
本书中的第一个故事是《失去的喜悦》，故事中把生活和爱情拟人化，变成了孤寂的女子和细心的男人。他们第一次相见后，有了一个孩子叫喜悦。
The first story is called The Lost Joy, and it personifies Life as a lonely woman and Love as a caring man, and from their first meeting was made Joy, a child.
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